Newport

Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) came to Newport to hold a town hall event.

The purpose of the program is to provide beach access for people facing mobility challenges. Anyone with mobility impairments including needing assistance with wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, canes, or crutches can use the chair free of charge.

Newport -- Newport Police responded to multiple reports of explosives washing up on the beach Tuesday between Yaquina Bay State park and Agate Beach.

This week, the Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital construction project is entering its third and final phase.

Newport Police responded Wednesday to reports of a male who had been shot at 811 SE 5th Street in Newport.

The Weedman's hopes for a jury trial have gone up in smoke after pleading guilty last week to a stalking charge in Newport.

A small airplane owned by and registered to Newport Mayor Dean Sawyer crashed on the beach near the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse this evening, slightly injuring the pilot and two passengers.

A bicycle crashed into a car pulling onto Highway 101 in Newport around noon today, ejecting a ferret from a pet carrier and sending the domesticated weasel under the car.

The captain of the Mary B II had alcohol, methamphetamine and amphetamine in his system when the fishing vessel capsized in January at Yaquina Bay Bar, killing all three aboard, according to evidence presented Monday in Newport at the start of a U.S. Coast Guard investigation.

An 83-year-old male was hoisted to safety Monday near Newport after the U.S. Coast Guard received a request for assistance from a search and rescue crew.